Beverley Whittaker

She has over 25 years experience covering a broad range of commercial work including outsourcing (including manufacturing, supply chain, hospitality and facilities management), IT contracts (including SaaS, system implementations, software development and licensing, website agreements and managed services), trading and marketing agreements, distribution and agency agreements and advice areas such as limitations on liability, advertising issues work and data protection.

Beverley trained at Ladbroke Group plc, worked at Lovells following qualification and joined Stevens & Bolton LLP in 2000, becoming a partner in the same year.

Chambers UK describes her as a leading individual: “very experienced and technically sound, but also practical and a great resource to have backing up a negotiating team” comments one observer. Another asserts: “I would not hesitate to go to her with any commercial contract work. She is incredibly knowledgeable and offers clear, insightful and above all practical advice. Her drafting is of the highest quality”. Another asserts: "sees through all the red tape and comes back with practical solutions that suit our needs".

Beverley is an experienced speaker and participates regularly in our seminar programme. Beverley conducts training sessions with clients, for legal teams, procurement teams, sales personnel and others with an interest in contract negotiation.

Beverley is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply and the Society for Computers & Law.